2004					West Virginia Gross Hours and Earnings of Production Workers, by Industry
Average Hourly Earnings					Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann Avg
PRIVATE SECTOR					$12.74	$12.72	$12.77	$12.85	$12.87	$12.90	$12.87	$12.89	$12.93	$12.91	$12.96	$13.00	$12.87
Goods Producing					$16.54	$16.68	$16.83	$16.98	$17.11	$17.13	$17.28	$17.33	$17.30	$17.29	$17.26	$17.44	$17.11
	Natural Resources and Mining				18.01	18.13	18.26	18.54	18.32	18.21	18.46	18.64	18.31	18.47	18.59	18.76	18.40
	Construction				16.52	16.73	16.94	16.82	17.08	17.00	17.12	16.95	17.08	17.11	16.99	17.24	16.98
	Manufacturing				15.89	16.01	16.13	16.33	16.56	16.69	16.83	16.93	16.95	16.82	16.76	16.91	16.57
		Durable Goods			15.22	15.37	15.40	15.65	15.87	15.92	16.05	16.17	16.25	16.20	16.14	16.28	15.88
			Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing		14.45	14.48	14.46	14.05	14.40	14.86	14.79	14.85	14.62	14.89	15.03	15.11	14.67
		Nondurable Goods			17.12	17.21	17.49	17.60	17.91	18.10	18.29	18.36	18.26	17.97	17.98	18.14	17.87
Private Service-Providing					11.56	11.51	11.53	11.54	11.51	11.55	11.47	11.46	11.52	11.50	11.58	11.59	11.53
	Trade, Transportation, and Utilities				11.43	11.46	11.52	11.54	11.58	11.73	11.75	11.64	11.75	11.72	11.72	11.76	11.64
		Wholesale Trade			14.80	14.80	14.39	14.25	14.49	14.82	14.94	14.96	14.94	15.04	15.23	15.54	14.86
		Retail Trade			9.02	9.04	9.15	9.18	9.30	9.48	9.47	9.35	9.47	9.43	9.44	9.44	9.32
			Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers		12.80	12.78	13.22	12.89	12.90	13.23	12.87	12.80	13.08	12.88	12.71	12.86	12.92
			Food and Beverage Stores		7.92	7.79	8.11	8.22	8.44	8.50	8.50	8.36	8.53	8.61	8.58	8.52	8.34
	Financial Activities				11.35	11.56	11.40	11.47	11.55	11.47	11.64	11.47	11.21	11.11	11.17	11.03	11.37
		Finance and Insurance			12.05	12.15	11.80	11.87	12.00	11.93	12.09	11.93	11.58	11.58	11.56	11.35	11.82
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			8.98	9.46	9.81	9.92	9.95	9.84	10.02	9.90	9.92	9.51	9.79	9.84	9.74
	Professional and Business Services				12.42	12.40	12.34	12.44	12.25	12.20	12.03	12.33	12.24	12.07	12.21	12.14	12.25
		Health Care and Social Assistance			13.81	13.54	13.57	13.58	13.59	13.56	13.60	13.65	13.68	13.67	13.78	13.88	13.66
	Leisure and Hospitality				6.87	6.85	6.88	6.89	6.86	7.02	6.87	6.87	6.99	6.96	6.97	6.93	6.91
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			6.92	7.06	7.16	7.55	7.32	7.47	7.12	7.53	7.72	7.50	7.76	7.44	7.40
		Accommodation and Food Service			6.86	6.80	6.82	6.74	6.75	6.89	6.80	6.69	6.79	6.83	6.78	6.81	6.80
Benchmark March 2005